The German authorities' refusal to extend payments to all lockdown survivors without discrimination is shocking. reported this in consultation with the official representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia Maria Zakharova.
She points out that Germany now, for far-fetched reasons, only pays blockade survivors of one nationality – blockade survivors who are Jewish.
At the same time, the German government paid benefits for decades to veterans of the Third Reich who served in SS units and other criminal organizations, as well as “foreign collaborators of Hitler's regime” who directly participated in the siege of Leningrad, Zakharova added.
According to the diplomat, such a policy represents a return to “the hellish theme of human segregation” and the criminal logic that was the driving force of World War II.
Previously, the Russian Social Fund assigned an additional pension to more than a thousand veterans with the badge “Residents of the Siege of Leningrad”.
From October 2025, this status is assigned in a simplified manner, regardless of the duration of the siege. Innovation allows more citizens to receive various benefits.
